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Using LIDAR to Search for Structures in Montenegro

September 27, 2024

The 2024 recipient of the Julie Herzig Desnick Endowment For Archaeological Field Surveys, Dr. Daniel Plekhov, shares an update from the field. With the generous funds from the Julie Herzig Desnick Endowment For Archaeological Field Surveys, my team and I were able to travel to southern Montenegro and initiate the first season of field survey […]

2024 Waldbaum Scholar Spotlight: Bridget Zhang

September 9, 2024

The AIA sent ten students to the field this summer with $2000 Jane C. Waldbaum Field School Scholarships! This year’s cohort brought a wide variety of archaeological interests and academic backgrounds. Please join us in welcoming Bridget Zhang. Name: Bridget Zhang (she/her) School: University of Southern California Field School: Liulihe Archaeological Project, China Miles Traveled: […]

Preserving El Salvador, Lebanon, and Mongolia

September 5, 2024

Your experience matters! Join our letter writing campaign to save a place you love. El Salvador has recently requested that the U.S. renew the bilateral agreement that protects their cultural resources from being illegally imported into the United States and the governments of Lebanon and Mongolia are seeking U.S. import restrictions on archaeological and ethnological […]

Archanes 2024

September 5, 2024

The excavation of the Minoan palace at Archanes continued successfully this year.

2024 Waldbaum Scholar Spotlight: Lucy Walaszek

September 3, 2024

The AIA sent ten students to the field this summer with $2000 Jane C. Waldbaum Field School Scholarships! This year’s cohort brought a wide variety of archaeological interests and academic backgrounds. Please join us in welcoming Lucy Walaszek. Name: Lucy Walaszek (she/her) School: Columbia University Field School: Hadrian’s Villa, Italy Miles Traveled: 4286.67 miles (about […]

Call for Nominations: Martha and Artemis Joukowsky Distinguished Service Award

August 30, 2024

Nominations for the Martha and Artemis Joukowsky Distinguished Service Award are due Sunday, September 15.

2024 Waldbaum Scholar Spotlight: Alexandria Velasco

August 28, 2024

The AIA sent ten students to the field this summer with $2000 Jane C. Waldbaum Field School Scholarships! This year’s cohort brought a wide variety of archaeological interests and academic backgrounds. Please join us in welcoming Alexandria Velasco. Name: Alexandria Velasco (she/her) School: UCLA Field School: Monastic Midlands Excavation, Ireland Miles Traveled: 5146.16 miles (about […]

In Memory of Patty Jo Watson

August 21, 2024

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Patty Jo Watson, professor emerita in anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis and a member of the AIA for almost two decades. Patty passed away on Thursday, August 1, 2024, in Arlington, Massachusetts at the age of 92. Patty made […]

2024 Waldbaum Scholar Spotlight: Aayush Umesh

August 19, 2024

The AIA sent ten students to the field this summer with $2000 Jane C. Waldbaum Field School Scholarships! This year’s cohort brought a wide variety of archaeological interests and academic backgrounds. Please join us in welcoming Aayush Umesh. Name: Aayush Umesh (he/him) School: University of Georgia Field School: Antiochia ad Cragum Archaeological Research Project, Turkey Miles […]

2024 Waldbaum Scholar Spotlight: Kira Klonel

August 15, 2024

The AIA sent ten students to the field this summer with $2000 Jane C. Waldbaum Field School Scholarships! This year’s cohort brought a wide variety of archaeological interests and academic backgrounds. Please join us in welcoming Kira Klonel. Name: Kira Klonel (she/her) School: University of California Santa Cruz Field School: Spain Cova Gran, Spain Miles […]

2024 Waldbaum Scholar Spotlight: Emma Iracondo

August 9, 2024

The AIA sent ten students to the field this summer with $2000 Jane C. Waldbaum Field School Scholarships! This year’s cohort brought a wide variety of archaeological interests and academic backgrounds. Please join us in welcoming Emma Iracondo. Name: Emma Iracondo (she/her) School: University of Georgia Field School: Vesztö-Mágor Conservation and Exhibition Program, Hungary Miles Traveled: […]

2024 Waldbaum Scholar Spotlight: Shayla Faminow

August 2, 2024

The AIA sent ten students to the field this summer with $2000 Jane C. Waldbaum Field School Scholarships! This year’s cohort brought a wide variety of archaeological interests and academic backgrounds. Please join us in welcoming Shayla Faminow. Name: Shayla Faminow (she/her) School: University of Victoria Field School: Eastern Boeotia Archaeology Project (Ancient Eleon), Greece Miles […]

2024 Waldbaum Scholar Spotlight: Sydney Berenson

July 24, 2024

The AIA sent ten students to the field this summer with $2000 Jane C. Waldbaum Field School Scholarships! This year’s cohort brought a wide variety of archaeological interests and academic backgrounds. Please join us in welcoming Sydney Berenson. Name: Sydney Berenson (she/her) School: The College of Wooster Field School: Proyecto Arqueológico Waka’ (PAW) Field School Miles […]

2024 Waldbaum Scholar Spotlight: Sophia Andrade

July 19, 2024

The AIA sent ten students to the field this summer with $2000 Jane C. Waldbaum Field School Scholarships! This year’s cohort brought a wide variety of archaeological interests and academic backgrounds. Please join us in welcoming Sophia Andrade. Name: Sophia Andrade (she/her) School: New York University Field School: Yeronisos Field Project, Cyprus Miles Traveled: 5427.13 miles […]

We’re Hiring! View Open Positions At AIA

July 15, 2024

Open Positions About the AIA The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is North America’s oldest and largest organization devoted to the world of archaeology. The Institute is a nonprofit group founded in 1879 and chartered by the United States Congress in 1906. Today, the AIA has over 200,000 members belonging to more than 100 local […]

2024 Waldbaum Scholar Spotlight: Brizeida Alvarez Arana

July 15, 2024

The AIA sent ten students to the field this summer with $2000 Jane C. Waldbaum Field School Scholarships! This year’s cohort brought a wide variety of archaeological interests and academic backgrounds. Please join us in welcoming Brizeida Alvarez Arana. Name: Brizeida Alvarez Arana (she/her) School: UCLA Field School: Monastic Midlands Excavation, Ireland Miles Traveled: 5146.16 miles […]

AIA Member Update: Wall Built to Contain Spartacus Discovered

June 28, 2024

Dr. Paolo Visona (University of Kentucky) has unveiled an exciting discovery in the Dossone della Melia forest in south-central Calabria. Visona led a small team that identified a stone wall and earthwork extending over 2.7 km. The wall, originally accompanied by a deep ditch characteristic of a Roman fossa and agger defensive system, has now […]

Celebrating pride month – Queer Archaeology Resource Guide

June 20, 2024

Happy Pride Month! Let’s celebrate the incredible contributions and talents of LGBTQ+ individuals and work towards achieving equal justice and equal opportunity for the LGBTQ+ community. To honor Pride Month, we’re shining a spotlight on some fantastic resources and recommendations to learn more, advocate, and participate in the vibrant queer archaeology movement: Queer Archaeology Resource […]

2024 AIA Fellowship Spotlight: John R. Coleman Traveling Fellowship

June 5, 2024

To celebrate our 2024-2025 Fellowship recipients, we reached out to our winners to learn about their projects and their experiences in archaeology. We’re excited for you to meet Amelia Eichengreen, this year’s John R. Coleman Traveling Fellowship winner. John R. Coleman Traveling Fellowship Winner: Amelia Eichengreen; University of Michigan Amelia W. Eichengreen (PhD candidate, University […]

In Memory of Sabine Landstatter

June 4, 2024

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Sabine Landstatter, director of the Austrian Archaeological Institute and a corresponding member of the AIA. We offer our sincerest condolences to Sabine’s family, colleagues, and friends. She will be sorely missed. Below you will find an English translation of the Austrian Academy of Sciences’ […]

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